Greater Worcester

A $35-million proposal for the former Worcester County Courthouse calls for 300 market-rate apartments in two new buildings and a reuse of the 1800s court building with office and retail space.

MBTA officials offered up some options that might make the paratransit service reductions go down easier, and said there would also be a range of options related to the commuter rail.

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a wrongful-practices lawsuit against Shields Health Solutions by its former president.

Worcester State University has joined a growing number of colleges making SAT and ACT scores optional for student applicants, with the change going into effect for the fall of 2018.

Worcester has had a growing and well-regarded restaurant scene, but restaurants won't have placards in the window showing how they've done on health inspections as is done in some other cities.

Beechwood Hotel in Worcester was recertified a four-diamond hotel by AAA Thursday, the travel group's second-highest achievement level and the only such designation in Central Massachusetts.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute computer science and data science professor Yanhua Li has received a two-year National Science Foundation $175,000 grant for a transportation study.

Clark University in Worcester is starting a new health science master's program this fall, thanks in part to a $500,000 grant.

ClearCom IT Solutions, Inc., a Leicester information-technology company, has bought a Putnam, Conn., firm for an undisclosed amount, it announced Wednesday.

Worcester State University and Polar Beverages were among Twitter users whose accounts were hacked and filled with pro-Nazi messages.